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The Clue
A clown might get it in the face (3 letter answer)
The Answer
PIE
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Notes
The answer PIE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Definition
PIE as a noun:
1. dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
2. (Proto-Indo European, PIE) = a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages